Closure for jars or the like.



PATENTED FEB. 21', 1905.

.1. GRAVES.

CLOSURE FOR JARS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26. 1904.,

Qw-LlMcoa-ea UNITED STATES Patented February 21, 1905.

JOHN GRAVES, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOSURE FOR JARS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,116, dated February21, 1905. Application filed August 26,1904. Serial No. 222,234.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GRAVES, acitizen of the United States, residingat New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Tm provements in Closures for Jars orthe Like, fully described and represented in the following specificationand the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in closures for jars or the like.

Closures for jars or the like as heretofore constructed, which aresimple in construction, cheaply manufactured, and readily manipulated,are open to the objection of not effecting an air-tight closure, therebyrendering the contents subject to the disadvantages caused byatmospheric conditions and also making it possible if the jar should beupset for the contents, in some cases at least, to gradually leak out.

The present invention has for its object to provide a closure for jarsor the like which Shall be simple in construction, cheaply manufactured,and readily manipulated and at the same time when in position thereoneffect an air-tight closure of the jar or the like.

As a full understanding of the improvements constituting the presentinvention can best be had from a detailed description of an organizationembodying the same, such description will now be given in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional viewof the neck of a jar provided with my improved closure. Fig. 2 is a planview thereof, and Fig. 3 is a Side view of a grooved strip hereinafterdescribed.

Referring to said drawings, A represents the upper part of an ordinaryjar, and 1 a disk, preferably formed of cardboard, of a size to coverthe mouth of the jar or the like, which disk may, if desired, have acovering 10 of felt or other suitable material on its face,. which willafford resiliency in the closing operation, and thereby insure a verytight closure. When this covering 10 of felt is used, a further covering2 of enameled cloth or other suitable material is placed over thecovering 10 of felt for the purpose of preventing the contents of thejar from coming in contact with the covering 10 of felt.

3 represents a short piece of stiff wire or other suitable material bentat its center to preferably an obtuse angle 4, the ends of which wirebeing also bent so as to conform substantially to the shoulder 5 on theneck of the jar and disk 1 when placed over the mouth thereof and toterminate in hooks 6, adapted to be hooked under said shoulder 5, andthere,- by prevent said wire 3 from upward movement. The angle 4 of thiswire 3 is adapted to set in a groove 7, formed in the upper edge 9 of anarrow strip 8 of wood or other suitable material, said upper edge 9 ofthis strip 8 preferably being formed to slope in a direction from thegroove 7, so that the edge adapted to rest on the disk 1 will be of alength equal to the diameter of said disk 1 and said strip 8 also beingof a height to fit snugly between the disk 1 and the angle 4 of the wire3 when set in the groove 7 thereof, thereby causing said disk 1 to bepressed firmly on the mouth of the jar or the like, as shown in Fig. 1.

To close a jar or the like with my improved form of closure, the disk 1is placed over the mouth of the jar, the hooks 6, formed at the ends ofthe wire 3, then placed under the.

shoulder 5, formed on the neck of the jar, and the grooved strip 8 thenplaced sidewise on the disk 1 and raised on its lower edge, with thewire 3 in the groove 7, until the strip 8 is inan upright position, withthe angle 4 of the wire 3 resting in the groove 7, as shown in Fig. 1.

To open a jar having my improved form of closure, the lower part of theside 11 of the Strip 8 is pressed against until it gives way.

What I claim is 1. In a closure for jars, the combination with ashoulderformed on the neck of the jar, a disk of asize to cover the mouth ofsaid jar, a layer of felt with a protective covering of enameled clothattached to the face of said disk, a bar formed with an angle at itscenter, the ends of which being also formed to provide hooks adapted tohook under said shoulder, and a binding-strip with a groove in thecenter of its upper edge in which the angle of said bar is adapted torest when said strip is in an upright or binding position, said stripbeing of a height to fit tightly between the disk and bar when inbinding position, substantially as described.

2. In a closure for jars, the combination with a shoulder formed on theneck of the jar, a disk of a size to cover the mouth of said jar, alayer of felt with a protective covering of enameled cloth attached tothe face of said disk, a bar formed to provide hooks at its ends adaptedto hook under said shoulder, and a bindingstrip with a groove in thecenter of its upper edge in which said bar is adapted to rest when saidstrip is in an upright or binding position, said strip being of a heightto fit tightly be: tween the diskand bar when in binding position,substantially as described.

3. In a closure for jars, the combination with ashoulder formed on theneck of the jar, adisk of a size, to cover the mouth of said jar, alayer of felt with a protective covering of enameled cloth attached tothe face of said disk, a bar formed with an angle at its center, theends of which being also formed to provide hooks adapted to hook undersaid shoulder, and a binding-strip of a height to fit tightly betweenthe disk and bar when in binding position, substantially as described.

4:. In aclosure for jars, the combination with a shoulder formed on theneck of the jar, a disk of a size to cover the mouth of said jar, alayer of felt with a protective covering of enameled cloth attached. tothe face of said disk, a bar formed to provide hooks at its ends adaptedto hook under said shoulder, and a bindingstrip of a height to fittightly between the disk and bar when in binding position, substantiallyas described.

5. In a closure for jars, the combination with a shoulder formed on theneck of the jar, a cardboard disk of a size to cover the mouth of saidjar, a layer of felt with a protective covering of enameled clothattached to the face of said disk, a bar formed with an angle at itscenter, the ends of which being also formed to provide hooks adapted tohook under said shoulder, and a binding-strip with a groove in thecenter of its upper edge in which the angle of said bar is adapted torest when said strip is in an upright or binding position, said stripbeing of a height to fit tightly between the disk and bar when inbinding position, thereby causing said disk with its said coverings tobe pressed tightly against and conform to any irregularities upon theneck of said jar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' JOHN GRAVES. Witnesses: J. A. GRAVES, 'I. M. BYRNE.

